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see and judge for himself as to this point. 
At the end of his report on the kennel the 
writer adds these words: “‘ It was certainly 
one of the happiest days of my life to have 
the pleasure of looking over so many grand 
little dogs, but to find them in England 
quite staggered me. Four dogs and eight 
bitches are not a bad beginning, and with 
care and judicious selection in mating, I 
have little doubt but Mr. Pigott’s kennel 
will be as renowned for Terriers as the late 
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MRS. B. M. HANNAY'S CH. HEWORTH BANTOCK 
BY EMS TONIC——EMS BHANAVAR. 
Photograph by Russe'l. 
[Ss Femi os RR 1k ET LD 
Mr. Laverack’s was for Setters. I know 
but few that take such a delight in the 
brave little ‘die-hards’ as Mr. Pigott, 
and he may well feel proud of the lot he 
has got together at great trouble and ex- 
pense.” 
The fact that there was such a kennel 
‘already in existence proved, of course, 
a strong point in favour of the bond fides 
of the breed. The best dog in it was 
Granite, whose portrait and description 
was given in the Journal in connection with 
the said review; and the other animals 
of the kennel being of the same type, it 
was at once recognised that there was, in 
fact, such a breed, and the mouths of the 
doubters were stopped. 
Granite was unquestionably a_ typical 
Scottish Terrier, even as we know them at 
the present day. He was certainly longer 
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in the back than we care for nowadays, and 
his head also was shorter, and his jaw more 
snipy than is now seen, but his portrait 
clearly shows he was a genuine Scottish 
Terrier, and there is no doubt that he, with 
his kennel mates, Tartan, Crofter, Syringa, 
Cavack, and Posey, conferred benefit upon 
the breed. 
To dive deeper into the antiquity of the 
Scottish Terrier is a thing which means 
that he who tries it must be prepared 
to meet all sorts of abuse, ridi- 
cule, and criticism. For an Eng- 
lishman, or, indeed, nine-tenths of 
the population of Scotland to talk 
to the few Scotsmen who do know 
—or think they do—is heresy, de- 
serving of nothing but the deepest 
contempt. 
One man will tell you there never 
was any such thing as the present- 
day Scottish Terrier, that the mere 
fact of his having prick ears shows 
he is a mongrel; another, that he is 
merely an offshoot of the Skye or 
the Dandie ; another, that the only 
Scottish Terrier that is a Scottish 
Terrier is a white one; another, that 
he is merely a manufactured ar- 
ticle from Aberdeen, and so on ad 
infinitum. 
It is a most extraordinary fact that 
Scotland should have unto herself so many 
different varieties of the terrier. There 
is strong presumption that they one and 
all came originally from one variety, and 
it is quite possible, nay probable, that dif- 
ferent crosses into other varieties have 
produced the assortment of to-day. The 
writer is strongly of opinion that there still 
exist in Scotland at the present time speci- 
mens of the breed which propagated the 
lot, which was what is called even now the 
Highland Terrier, a little long-backed, short- 
legged, snipy-faced, prick or drop-eared, 
mostly sandy and black-coloured terrier, 
game as a pebble, lively as a cricket, and 
all in all a most charming little companion ; 
and further, that to produce our present- 
day Scottish Terrier—or shall we say, to 
improve the points of his progenitor ?—the 
